John Stanly

John Stanly (9 April 1774-2 August 1834) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NC 10) from 1801 to 1803 (succeeding Richard Dobbs Spaight and preceding Nathaniel Alexander) and from NC-4 from 1809 to 1811 (interrupting William Blackledge's terms).

Biography
John Stanly was born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1774, and he became a lawyer before serving in the House of Commons from 1798 to 1799. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1801 to 1803 and from 1809 to 1811, and he killed his predecessor Richard Dobbs Spaight in a duel in 1802, for which he was pardoned by Governor Benjamin Williams, although duelling was outlawed shortly after.